Théodore Ballu

Who was Théodore Ballu?

Théodore Ballu was a French architect.

He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1835 and was the pupil of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas.

He won the Prix de Rome for achitechture in 1840, then entered the French Academy in Rome and stayed in the Villa Medici from January 1841 to December 1845.

In 1860, he was appointed director-architect for all works of places of worship in Paris. He constructed the Église de la Ste.-Trinité, Paris, the temple located in the Rue d'Astorg, the Église Saint-Ambroise, and the Église Saint-Joseph. He also directed the restoration of the Saint-Jacques Tower, and the construction of the church of Saint-Denis in Argenteuil.

From 1858 to 1863, he constructed the belfry of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois. He was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France in 1872.

He was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Saint-Jacques Tower circa 1867, restored by Ballu between

The belfry of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois

Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris

Église Saint-Ambroise, Paris